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A woman walks down a street in Myanmar, where women are particularly disadvantaged. The LWF has presented recommendations to the UN human rights process which will scrutinise human rights in Myanmar.

A woman walks down a street in Myanmar, where women are particularly disadvantaged. The LWF has presented recommendations to the UN human rights process which will scrutinise human rights in Myanmar.

Human rights support sought to change lives in Myanmar

Delegation from Myanmar presents human rights report report

(LWI) - Safeguarding the human rights of disadvantaged groups in Myanmar and Nepal is a prime concern of The Lutheran World Federation.

The LWF has submitted reports on the…

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16 Oct 2015
Delivering LWF greetings to the Vatican’s Synod of Bishops, South African Bishop emeritus Dr Ndanganeni Petrus Phaswana reminded churches of their calling to nurture communities where family relationships can be healed and strengthened. File photo: LWF/Helen Putsman

Delivering LWF greetings to the Vatican’s Synod of Bishops, South African Bishop emeritus Dr Ndanganeni Petrus Phaswana reminded churches of their calling to nurture communities where family relationships can be healed and strengthened. File photo: LWF/Helen Putsman

Lutherans and Catholics share concern for nurturing families

South African Bishop Phaswana brings LWF greetings to Vatican Synod of Bishops

(LWI) - The Lutheran World Federation (LWF) says the joy of 50 years of joint Catholic-Lutheran dialogue and witness should make the two Christian traditions…

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16 Oct 2015
Church of Sweden Archbishop Antje Jackélen, WCC’s Marianne Ejderstein (moderator) and General Secretary Olav Fykse Tveit; EKD Council Chairperson Heinrich Bedford-Strohm; and Doris Peschke, general secretary of the Churches’ Commission for Migrants in Europe Photo: LWF/Juliane Ziegler

Church of Sweden Archbishop Antje Jackélen, WCC’s Marianne Ejderstein (moderator) and General Secretary Olav Fykse Tveit; EKD Council Chairperson Heinrich Bedford-Strohm; and Doris Peschke, general secretary of the Churches’ Commission for Migrants in Europe Photo: LWF/Juliane Ziegler

Refugee crisis: governments must work more closely

High-level church leaders’ international meeting in Munich

(LWI) – How can and should churches position themselves in the refugee crisis in Europe?

That was the issue for 35 bishops and church leaders from 20 countries at a…

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04 Nov 2015
Bishop Emmanuel Panchoo declares Rev. Elizabeth Prasad an ordained pastor of the Madhya Pradesh Lutheran church, one of the first women to be ordained in the church. In the foreground, Rev. L.K. Khakha, another of the four women to be ordained by the church for the first time. Photo: ELC-MP/Nima David

Bishop Emmanuel Panchoo declares Rev. Elizabeth Prasad an ordained pastor of the Madhya Pradesh Lutheran church, one of the first women to be ordained in the church. In the foreground, Rev. L.K. Khakha, another of the four women to be ordained by the church for the first time. Photo: ELC-MP/Nima David

A dream comes true in India’s church ministry

Four women in historic ordination in Madhya Pradesh Lutheran church

(LWI) - After a long wait a “dream has come true,” for Rev. L. K. Khakha from Tumsar, a small town in India’s central state of Madhya Pradesh. On 1 November, she and…

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13 Nov 2015

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